Londonist

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While in London, I wrote for the popular city blog Londonist, part of the Gothamist blog network. I covered daily news stories about the city, mostly focusing on transportation, nature ... Read more..

Lessons Learned: Melt Chocolate Master Class

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Lessons Learned: Melt Chocolate Master Class Wednesday night, Cookbook Cafe brought in master chocolatier Keith Hurdman from Notting Hill's Melt chocolate shop to teach a small group about different chocolate varieties ... Read more..

Dog Bites Double

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Dog Bites Double Is London starting to look like an episode of "When Dogs Attack"? According to recent NHS statistics, the number of attack victims under 18 seeking emergency treatment has ... Read more..

68-Year-Old Love Letter Returned to Writer

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68-Year-Old Love Letter Returned to Writer Though this story would have been more appropriate for Valentine's Day, this love letter from long ago was returned a week late for that lovey-dovey ... Read more..

New Chair to Curb Classroom Dangers/Class Clowns

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New Chair to Curb Classroom Dangers/Class Clowns Though Fat Joe is still telling us to "Lean Back" (or is he? that song is so 2004), 7,000 British students fall off their ... Read more..

Harrow Council Knows When You’re Lying

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Harrow Council Knows When You're Lying Taking a cue from police investigators and reality TV shows looking to create a scandal, Harrow Council in northwest London has started to use voice ... Read more..

No Pole to Slide Down to Get to This Fire

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No Pole to Slide Down to Get to This Fire Though we like to think of our firefighters as bulwarks of safety and sensibility, they burn down their kitchens sometimes, too. ... Read more..

Lessons Learned: Making a Seductive Martini

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Lessons Learned: Making a Seductive Martini Last night, we learned to mix a good drink with a few shakes of the wrist as part of a Valentine's Day dinner date at ... Read more..

Diggers, Sledgehammers and Angle Grinders, Oh My!

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Diggers, Sledgehammers and Angle Grinders, Oh My! Whatever happened to knocking? Early Wednesday morning at a home in west London, police used a digger—yes, one of those big construction trucks—to smash ... Read more..

Tube Scammer Complains His Way To Conviction

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Tube Scammer Complains His Way To Conviction A former magistrate with a personality disorder and apparently plenty of time on his hands, scammed the London Underground out of £5,000. Between 2003 ... Read more..